Frank Zamboni -- b.1/16/1901 d.7/27/1988 (87)Inventor, Hockey FigureNames/Places: RN:Frank Joseph Zamboni Jr.Misc: Inventor of the modern ice resurfacer with his surname, which is a registered trademark for those resurfacers.

Niccolò Zucchi -- b.12/6/1586 N.S. d.5/21/1670 N.S. (83)Astronomer, Physicist, ItalianMisc: who, in approximately 1616, designed one of the earliest reflecting telescopes, antedating those of James Gregory and Sir Isaac Newton.

Vladimir Zworykin -- b.7/30/1889 d.7/29/1982 (92)Engineer, Inventor, RussianNames/Places: NN:The Father of TelevisionMisc: often called "The father of Television" for inventing the iconoscope, TV Camera Tube, Electron microscope